Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Phylacteries (Teffilin) and Chinese Medicine
From Wikipedia: Tefillin, ( Hebrew: תפילין ), also called phylacteries, are a pair of cubic leather boxes painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Bible, with leather straps dyed black on one side, and worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. The hand-tefillin, or shel yad, is placed on the upper arm, and the strap wrapped around the arm, hand and fingers; while the head-tefillin, or shel rosh, is placed above the forehead, with the strap going...
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